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World Service,07 Jan 2014,55 mins

Yellen Confirmed as Head of Federal Reserve

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The US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as head of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve - we get reaction from Washington DC. The head of world football tries to kick Brazil into being ready for the 2014 World Cup. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has insisted her nation will pull off a successful event, despite late preparations. And we hear from our technology correspondents who are attending the world's most influential technology event - the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Plus Saundra Pelletier, CEO of WomanCare Global and Evofem tells us how her organisation is using a new business model to empower women economically with access to contraception and reproductive healthcare -by making a profit in the developed world and using it to fund care in the developing world.

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